adblock-resources VS Pi-hole

You can find them here https://github.com/brave/adblock-resources/blob/master/filter_lists/list_catalog.json

Brave utilizes a lot of sources that are uBlock. For what it´s worth. So either test/make sure that Brave Shields is set to Aggressive and/or add any additional sources you have in uBlock that are missing in Brave and check if that works better for you.

For most people, the built-in Brave ad blocker set to "Aggressive" should work perfectly fine, as it uses the same default filter lists as uBlock Origin. It also works on Android and won't be subjected to the restrictions for extensions when Google remove support for Manifest V2 – as it isn't an extension.

Brave is essentially Chrome underneath, but with the privacy invading crap removed. It's Rust-based built-in ad blocker works on Android, as well as desktop and uses the same default filter lists as uBlock Origin. It's also possible add additional filter lists from brave://adblock.

Actually Brave has more filter lists on top of uBO as you can see here so if you want those maybe you can add them to uBO as well, but I'm not sure if they're compatible. But uBO on hard mode is definitely stronger protection than Brave with these lists

The Brave Shields content blocker also works really well on Android and uses the same lists as uBlock Origin (see HERE). In the next release, they're adding more procedural cosmetic filtering improvements to their content blocker (see HERE), which will allow even more advanced content blocking. This is already working in Brave Nightly.

Okay then I can also understand that the default.json is built into the AdBlocker, so to speak, and the regional.json is what you can choose from the list in the browser?

Si te preguntas, ¿por qué no usar Adguard o Pihole? 🤔

This is an overreaction, almost to the point of absurdity.

Risks inherent to pipe installers are well understood by many. Using your logic, we should abandon Homebrew [1] (>38k stars on GitHub), PiHole [2] (>46k stars on GitHub), Chef [3], RVM [4], and countless other open source projects that use one-step automated installers (by piping to bash).

A more reasonable response would be to coordinate with the developers to update the docs to provide alternative installation methods, rather than throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

[1] https://brew.sh/

[2] https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole

[3] https://docs.chef.io/chef_install_script/#run-the-install-sc...

[4] https://rvm.io/rvm/install

Pi-hole to block ads and tracking for my less technically savvy relatives

https://pi-hole.net/

I ran a competing project[0] on my home network for a few years before I discovered NextDNS[1]. What I lost in performance (requests don't leave my house) I gained in portability: ALL my devices can take advantage – at home and away – and time-saved. PiHole works 90% of the time, but when it did stop working, I'd have to spend a bit of time fixing it. At $20/year, I simply couldn't compete with NextDNS.

Note: This isn't a shill for NextDNS; I love these kinds of projects and think they absolutely should exist, but NextDNS just happens to be one of those dead-simple SaaS tools that is an insanely good value.

0 - https://pi-hole.net/

1 - https://nextdns.io

It definitely IS an option, but at the network level.

https://pi-hole.net/

It runs on damn near everything, and is a DNS level adblocker for the whole network.

I recently switched to Wipr [0]. It’s dead simple to use, and will auto update its filter lists in the background.

Adguard [1] is a decent free option.

I also use a Pi-hole [2] on my network.

[0] https://kaylees.site/wipr.html

[1] https://adguard.com/en/adguard-safari/overview.html

[2] https://pi-hole.net/

Are you trying to build a DNS proxy (similar to Pi-hole) that intercepts DNS requests and checks for the ones that look harmful? If so, I would suggest trying to separately build a DNS client and a DNS server, before trying to integrate them together. Start with Beej's Guide to Network Programming if you need to learn the basics of sockets, and then take a look at the documents that define the DNS protocol itself (RFC1034 and RFC1035).

Setup a pi-hole.

It's definitely not as simple as installing an app on your phone, but I run a Pi-hole on my home network, and it does block ads in many games.